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How to show build number in the About dialog? [message #545481]

Wed, 07 July 2010 19:52

Eclipse User

Is there a simple way to get a build number (${buildNumber} from the headless build) to show there?

Re: How to show build number in the About dialog? [message #545644 is a reply to message #545481]

Thu, 08 July 2010 08:45

Eclipse User

The about text of the about dialog is saved in the plugin.xml (have a
look at it). You can manipulate the plugin.xml for example with a
replace ANT task.

Helmut

Am 08.07.2010 01:52, schrieb Eric Jain:
> Is there a simple way to get a build number (${buildNumber} from the
> headless build) to show there?

Re: How to show build number in the About dialog? [message #545719 is a reply to message #545481]

Thu, 08 July 2010 13:27

Eclipse User

One way is to update that number on every build. Our .products tend to
have text that looks like:

<configurations>
<plugin id="org.eclipse.core.runtime" autoStart="true" startLevel="4" />
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.common" autoStart="true"
startLevel="2" />
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.ds" autoStart="true" startLevel="2" />
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins"
autoStart="true" startLevel="4" />
<plugin id="org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator" autoStart="true"
startLevel="1" />
<plugin id="org.eclipse.update.configurator" autoStart="true"
startLevel="3" />
<property name="eclipse.buildId" value="@qualifier@"/>
</configurations>

And then in our customTargets.xml:

<replace token="@qualifier@"
file="${buildDirectory.pluginDirectory}/legacy-eclipse.product "
value="${buildLabel}" />

<p2.publish.product flavor="tooling" repository="file:${p2.repo}"
productFile=" ${buildDirectory}/plugins/org.eclipse.e4.ui.examples.legacy. workbench/legacy-eclipse.product "
compress="true">....</p2.publish.product>

PW

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Re: How to show build number in the About dialog? [message #545720 is a reply to message #545644]

Thu, 08 July 2010 14:12

Eclipse User

Helmut Neubauer wrote on Thu, 08 July 2010 08:45

The about text of the about dialog is saved in the plugin.xml (have a
look at it). You can manipulate the plugin.xml for example with a
replace ANT task.

Thanks! I put something like "Build: {0}" in the aboutText, added an about.mappings file with "0=@build@" to the main plug-in, and added this to the build.xml:

<replace dir="${buildDirectory}" token="@build@" value="${buildNumber}">
  <include name="**/about.mappings" />
 </replace>

This does show the build number that's set in the build.xml, but how do I get hold of the product version?

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